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How can I set up the Whats-App API so that I can fetch some values from the Database and send it to the user who requests a piece of information?
What are the software and hardware requirements?
I have tried reading the documentation tried to install Docker but it said I want a better configuration to do so.
Does it only run on Linux at the moment?

To answer your question, there are few things you need to understand.
WhatsApp is hosted under Facebook, when you want to send outbound message to user, you will be charged by a fee just like normal outbound SMS's work.(eg: Twilio, Nexmo and etc) You can google the fee, it is different by recipient country
To send WhatsApp message through self-host API, you need link your WhatsApp number to business account(consider this is the most easy task)
You also required register as Facebook partner.
The docker installation is just a 'client' use to talk with WhatsApp, it won't "send" the message, what it can do is configure inbound message, save static image such as video, pdf, image and etc.
After you set up your docker client, you need to fill in all the info in order to connect Whatsapp, especially the token.
Just FYI, you won't be able to send Whatsapp message like outbound sms, you need retrieve the user Whatsapp ID store it and use it across all the services.
last question, yes, because it is Docker.
Twilio and Nexmo got provide Whatsapp API service, which you may consider.

I will advise yo use any Facebook partner, Facebook has partnered with over 46 global providers who specialize in WhatsApp business to consumer messaging.
If you want to host by yourself, yes you need the docker and linux.
You can have your own on-premise installation or AWS.
The details is like Kira Hao said.

How do I read incoming mail using C# [closed]

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I am looking for a solution to allow me to read incoming emails. The three methods I can think of to do this at the moment are:
Create an Email Server parsing emails
Hook into an existing exchange server
Hook into outlook that is already set up with an email account
What is the best way to do this? And how does one go about implementing it?
Thanks

If you are already dealing with an Exchange server as the mailbox host I would suggest leveraging that via IMAP (preferred) or POP access. Recently I developed a solution that accesses a specified mailbox via AfterLogic's MailBee.NET IMAP component which I think is worth the recommendation. They have a standard trial version and reasonable pricing. Also if you go this route either POP or IMAP automation is flexible enough to work with almost any mailbox server platform; It doesn't have to be limited to Exchange environments.
There are also free .NET IMAP components out there that may do the job as well. In my limited research I found that the free alternatives didn't quite meet all of my requirements or were not as easy to learn but your situation may differ. For completeness, here is a list of alternative / free IMAP libraries I considered before deciding to spend the money on MailBee:
ImapX - http://hellowebapps.com/products/imapx/
LumiSoft.Net Imap Client - http://www.lumisoft.ee/lswww/download/downloads/Net/
InterIMAP - http://interimap.codeplex.com/
To address the 2nd part of your question... The implementation in my recent project involved writing a very simple console application that references the MailBee.NET IMAP library. The console application has a standard config file and accepts command line arguments as parameters. We define Windows scheduled tasks to run the console application according to our process needs. I am sure you could do this any number of other ways but this was the simplest approach for our needs.

I know this is an older thread but I wanted to add a link to a great open source Imap library called ImapX2: http://imapx.codeplex.com/
I tried most of the links in this thread to varying degrees of success but I found that the ImapX2 library work the best according to my needs.

Use existing IMAP server and IMAP component for that.
Creating your own IMAP server is a big security risk in my opinion.
There are free components, but most of them have problems with national characters and 'not standard' email messages...and there is none support (LumiSoft.Net is abandoned for almost 2 years)
using(Imap imap = new Imap())
{
imap.Connect("imap.server.com");
imap.Login("user", "password");
imap.SelectInbox();
List<long> uidList = imap.Search(Flag.Unseen);
foreach (long uid in uidList)
{
IMail email = new MailBuilder()
.CreateFromEml(imap.GetMessageByUID(uid));
Console.WriteLine(email.Subject);
Console.WriteLine(email.Attachments.Count);
}
imap.Close();
}
Mail.dll also includes SMTP component and template engine so you can send replies easily.
Disclaimer: I'm involved in the development of this commercial product.

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How can I make my application send SMS using C#? My current configuration sends E-mail alerts but SMS alerts are better suited for my purpose. Any way I can do that for free/paid?

You need an SMS provider. One such provider is clickatell.com who I have bought in bulk from before. They have a good service, and an extensive API. You have to pay for the SMS, but like everything in life, the better quality stuff costs more. I've found them reliable and their phone support is good.
There are a few free ones out there, but they are obviously going to be heavily restricted and finding one that allows use for commercial products would be hard to find. You also have to be careful with user data, free ones may auto sign your numbers on for marketting etc, so make sure your users are aware of that if that's the route you wish to take.
Just a disclaimer that I have no affiliation with Clickatell, and there are lots more options out there, but beware of resellers who provide sub par service at inflated prices.

Second vote for ClickATell for fast, flexible, simultaneous SMS delivery (and full tracking of SMS message delivery status).
An alternative is that you could use a USB/serial GSM modem (WaveCom) or cell phone and send SMS's via the venerable 'AT' command set. For serial-based SMS, there are quite a few .NET component sets, to make it easier. One such component set is TOxygenSMS. Going the serial route means each SMS takes about 5 seconds and must be sent in series.
I have used both with great success. Use a SMS gateway if you have Internet access and a GSM modem in other cases.

We have been using Essendex for a while now and it works well and pretty reliable.

without a SMS sending gateway it is not possible. you need a services provider who provide you a services to sending sms see here a aticle
http://www.developershome.com/sms/howToChooseSMSGateway.asp

If this is for a small application the you don't need to pay for a gateway. Assuming that you know the provider, you can just use this list of SMS transit providers. For the most part, the big players offer it but they may have some limitations for number of texts per day. It works very well - you just have to send an email to: 1234567890#sms.provider.com.

I have written a C# library for Twilio that lets you send SMS in two lines of code.
Note that while I now work at Twilio, I released this library prior to working here.

A free option to get text message alerts is actually just create an account on www.totxt.com and you can just send an email to USER_NAME#totxt.com and receive it via SMS. This is better for alerts for a small group then for bulk SMS.

alternative to SMS Gateway is using a Modem maybe a phone or a GSM Modem and study of AT Commands.
you can use .net SerialPort Class

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I am a little confused with SMS and how to send them. I been searching around and I see you can purchase sms texts. I seen some where you get 10k text msgs for $490 but I find this very expensive and I am wonder if there is a better way that would be well free.
I know many sites use have SMS reminders such as google calendar. I am sure google hosts there own server or something.
I also know of alot smaller sites that charge $3/month for their service and one of the features in their service is to send you sms alerts. I highly doubt that they are paying 4cents at text and allow unlimited reminders.
So is there a gateway that I can host myself that is free? Preferably something that works on windows machines.
Or do these sites use like email to sms or something like that and thats how they get it for free?
I am trying to figure out how to make it free on my end to send. I find it kinda stupid that services have to pay to send these messages. I would have figured it would be like email where you can send them for free.
I understand the person receiving the SMS message might have to pay but that depends on their cell phone plan.

Your options:
Email-to-SMS Gateway
Pros
Free
Cons
Delivery not as reliable as native
Non-standard message formatting between carriers
Subject to stricter 'spam' guards that can catch non-spam messages
You have to know what carrier your user is using, and they have to notify you if it changes
SMS Gateway
Pros
More reliable
Consistent formatting
Easily handle replies
Virtually indistinguishable to a carrier from text messages sent from a human
Most offer a simple API
Cons
Costs money. This won't change until the carriers stop charging for them on both ends, which I wouldn't hold your breath for since it's such a huge profit center for them.
Do-it-yourself
Pros
You get to learn how GSM modems and AT commands work making you a 1337 hax0r.
Cons
Complicated
Still have to pay carriers per message
Doesn't scale.
I happen to work for a gateway (Twilio) so I deal with this question a lot. We frequently have customers that started down the email route and gave up due to the hassles associated with that method. You can get away with email-to-SMS for small volume, non-important messages. If you're serious about it, sign up for a gateway. There are a lot of them out there.

One way to do this is to use an email to sms gateway. Here, you just send a short plaintext email to a special address like #vzwtext.com for a Verizon number.
A quick search turned up this list: http://www.mutube.com/projects/open-email-to-sms/gateway-list/.

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How can I send an SMS message to a cellular phone number from an ASP.NET web site?

If you know the service provider you can send an email to their phone, which is then converted into an sms message. For instance with Verizon Wireless phones it would be phonenumber#vtext.com
Here is a list of popular US carriers and the email addresses they use.
If you don't you could try an SMS gateway service. I'm not sure of any because I have never tried.

You will need to use an SMS service provider. They will have an API, such as a web service or some other url, which you will call to send the SMS.

There are two ways:
1) Get a contract with the network onto which you want to send SMS.
it will probably be quite expensive if your not sending alot of messages.
You will need a new contract with each network provider you want to use.
2) Use a sms service provider.
Which one to use depends on where you live and what networks you want to send to.
we use http://www.cellsynt.com/en/ simple and reliable.
You could ofcourse use some Mail2SMS provider, but then you need to know what network the number is on. In case of sending SMS to your friend that is an option but if there could be any other number your better of using option 2 until you send tons of messages then option 1 might be cheaper.

As most people have already said you can use a service provider, you can also get a connection to a carrier's SMSC (unlikely) another option is using a GSM modem. They usually come with an API that will allow you to among other things send SMS messages.